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Colorado lawmakers kill bill mandating ‘nonlethal’ methods to get compensation for livestock killed by wolves
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A panel of legislators struck down a bill that would have required livestock owners to use “nonlethal” deterrent tactics in order to get compensated for livestock killed by gray wolves. The House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee decided the bill conflicted with stakeholder decisions following the 2020 passage of a ballot measure that reintroduced…
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Colorado lawmakers kill bill mandating ‘nonlethal’ methods to get compensation for livestock killed by wolves
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A panel of legislators struck down a bill that would have required livestock owners to use “nonlethal” deterrent tactics in order to get compensated for livestock killed by gray wolves. The House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee decided the bill conflicted with stakeholder decisions following the 2020 passage of a ballot measure that reintroduced…
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Colorado lawmakers kill bill mandating ‘nonlethal’ methods to get compensation for livestock killed by wolves
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A panel of legislators struck down a bill that would have required livestock owners to use “nonlethal” deterrent tactics in order to get compensated for livestock killed by gray wolves. The House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee decided the bill conflicted with stakeholder decisions following the 2020 passage of a ballot measure that reintroduced…
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Bills aiming to combat wildfire ready for committee action
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Legislators last week introduced a slate of legislation crafted during the legislative interim to combat wildfires in Colorado. The five bills, now ready for committee action, stem from the work of the Wildfire Matters Review Committee, a 10-person panel featuring six Democrats and four Republicans charged with studying wildfire prevention and mitigation during the months in which the…
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With new state House and Senate maps, let the games begin
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The wait is over. And the scramble has begun. Now that the Colorado Supreme Court has approved new state House and Senate maps, candidates are crafting designs to run for more competitive seats that also appear to shrink the influence of rural communities at the state Capitol. The new maps will reshape Colorado’s political landscape, and,…
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NOONAN | Unaffiliateds went blue this time — but could make or break either party
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One more hindsight look at the Colorado elections shines light on the mystery of unaffiliated (UAF) voters. At about 39 percent of active registered voters in the state, the UAFs now call the shots, but lawmakers must wonder how they decide to take aim. Jefferson County is ground zero for contested elections. Voter registration between…
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ELECTION 2018 | Blue wave gives Polis a Democratic-controlled state Senate
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Colorado’s blue wave didn’t just put Democrat Jared Polis into the governor’s mansion. It also gave him a Democratic-controlled state Senate for his first term in office. As of now, Republicans have a narrow advantage in the state Senate. Come 2019, the Democrats will have control over both chambers of the General Assembly to go…
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NOONAN | ‘Money, as always, is the biggest issue’ as Election Day nears
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The midterm elections will answer hard questions about money, issues, candidates and voting. When the answers come in from approximately half of 3.3 million active registered voters – the likely turnout – the political crowd should learn some important lessons. Money, as always, is the biggest issue. According to the secretary of state, as of…
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Phony endorsement of Republican gets Hickenlooper’s dander up
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A mailer that Democrats see as falsely implying that Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper supports the re-election bid of Republican state Sen. Tim Neville of Littleton has the administration seeing red. The mailer, which showed up in mailboxes in Senate District 16 this week, comes from the independent expenditure committee Business Opportunity Fund. It says in…
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NOONAN | Dem fund-raising leaves GOP in the dust in key state Senate races
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Out of eighteen state Senate seats up for election, only four are “competitive.” These Senate districts have less than five percentage points separating Democratic and Republican registration. They also have Unaffiliated registration up to 39% of voters. The fight for these seats puts four Democratic women, or the Four Musketeers, against two men and two…
